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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch – 30. November | 125 comments (125 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I read somewhere that the Blair government, in less than 10 years, has passed more penal laws than had been enacted in the previous century.

It is the same pattern of change for the sake of change and legislate new laws instead of operating the existing ones effectively, that makes the Blair regime so ineffective administratively.

by Gary J on Thu Nov 30th, 2006 at 06:46:15 AM EST
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That's because there's also this idiocy of evaluating the value of legislators' work by the number of laws enacted. "Is this what we pay MPs for?" kind of crap.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 30th, 2006 at 07:10:14 AM EST
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Unfortunately it's not ineffective. It's been very effective - at breaking things and wasting time on trivial plays for the Daily Mail crowd.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Nov 30th, 2006 at 07:34:38 AM EST
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And do not forget that if you have enough laws, everybody is guilty.

Which can be an end in itself.

A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!

by A swedish kind of death on Thu Nov 30th, 2006 at 07:40:28 AM EST
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That is why I wrote ineffective administratively. It is (at least for a time) effective politically, but it is not good government.

by Gary J on Fri Dec 1st, 2006 at 03:46:35 AM EST
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